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Wednesday, January 1, 2014

The Beekeeper

Environmental reporter Sara Sneath and I spent this past Sunday afternoon with local beekeeper Craig Chang as he showed us the 11 hives he cares for on his property in Victoria.

Chang is a general surgeon by trade and started beekeeping as a hobby six years ago.

Check out Sara's article here as well as a few of my photos from the assignment below.

Wearing a veil used for beekeeping Craig Chang, of Victoria, holds a smoker which is used to calm bees when handling their hives on his property in Victoria, Texas on Dec. 29, 2013. "It's like tending to a garden," Chang said, "Except my garden can kill you." (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Craig Chang, of Victoria, holds a section of one of the 11 hives on his property in Victoria, Texas. In 2010, Chang harvested about 1000 pounds of honey off of seven hives that he cared for. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Wearing a veil used for beekeeping, Craig Chang, 46, of Victoria, prepares a smoker which is used to calm bees when handling their hives on his property in Victoria, Texas on Dec. 29, 2013. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Hundreds of bees crawl in and around one of Craig Chang's hives on his property in Victoria, Texas on Dec. 29, 2013. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)